Lawrence Mallory Tatham

Lawrence Mallory Tatham was born on Wednesday the 4th day of February 1807, at 20 Minutes before 11 o'clock at Night at the Butts in the Parish of St. Mary in the Borough of Warwick. [Warwick Family Bible]

The Will of Lawrence Mallory Tatham late of 16 Priory-road Kilburn in the County of Middlesex who died 19 December 1871 at 16 Priory-road was proved at the Principal Registry by Henry Heathcote Tatham of 10 South-wharf Wharf-road Paddington in the said County and Edward Tatham of 14 South-wharf Lime and Cement Merchants the sons the Executors. 24 May 1872. Effects under £1,500. [NPC]

Notes

Cement manufacture at Rugby originally began during the period 1855 to 1862, and in 1862 the Rugby Lias Lime & Cement Co Ltd was formed by George Henry Walker and Lawrence Mallory Tatham, a London lime merchant who appears to have played an influential part in the early Warwickshire industry. The company had two works, at Newbold and at Bilton. No details have survived but it appears that there were seven kilns at Newbold at this period of which some were probably lime kilns. Later the company was joined by Capt Arthur Lister-Kaye who had retired from Army service in Australia for health reasons and was already trading with Tatham in London as lime and cement merchants under the name Tatham, Kaye & Co. Due probably to internal difficulties the company was dissolved in 1868, Tatham and Kaye being bought out by Walker. A seven-year agreement was then drawn up between the parties whereby Walker undertook to supply Tatham, Kaye & Co with lime 'and cement at the following ex-works prices 'lump lime, 7/- per ton, ground lime, 9/6 per ton, best artificial cement, 1/- per bushel, all other cements, 9d per bushel.' For the first nine months Walker agreed to supply not less than 400 tons of lime and 50 tons of cement per week, the lime to be sold as Rugby Blue Lias lime and the cement as Rugby Portland or Rugby Roman cement etc as the case may be. Walker also agreed that any surplus lime or cement should not be sold to anyone south of Rugby except Tatham, Kaye & Co. In the event, the agreement only lasted three years, G. H. Walker dying in 1872. On Walker's death a new company was formed to take over his business and this was called the Rugby Portland Cement Co Ltd. [Portland Cement Industry, unknown author, p 213, reference supplied by PFBT]

In addition to his other activities, L. M. Tatham was in partnership with William Oldham, a local farmer and landowner, in the manufacture of lime and cement at Southam from about the year 1854, and in this decade we also find him acting as London agent for Greaves & Kirshaw. In 1868 the partnership ended with Oldham's retirement and the works and quarries, which belonged to him, were leased to Tatham, Kaye & Co at a yearly rental of £515. About 1875 Tatham retired and Lister- Kaye continued the business as Kaye & Co until 1880, when a limited company was formed and the works purchased from the Oldham family. [ibid, p. 215]

Lawrence Crew Tatham was Married on Monday the 4th day of June 1804 in the parish Church of St. Mary's in the Borough of Warwick by the Revd. Marmaduke Matthews the Vicar to Mary Mallory Lattimer daughter of Timothy Lattimer of the said Borough. [Warwick Family Bible]

Laurence Mallory Tatham was married on Tuesday the twelfth Day of January 1830 in the Parish Church of Saint Mary in the Borough of Warwick by the Revd. John Farr, officiating minister, to Mary Heathcote daughter of William Heathcote of the said Borough. [Warwick Family Bible]